Container



L. J. MOST ET AL CONTAINER Filed May 9, 1928 Sept. 22, 1931.

Patented I Sept. 22, 19,31

uiten sterne LUGHEB J. MOST AND RALPH W. WILSON, F NEW YCRK, N..

CONTAINER Appncafion mea may s, was. serial No. eresie.

Our invention relates to containers suitable for cosmetics or othermaterial capable of being fed forth and back, such for example, aslipstick 'or similar articles, and it is char- 5 acterized by acontainer provided with a cover which opens automatically when thematerial is fed out o the container and closes when the material isretracted.

Another object of the invention is to prolo vide a container which hasfew parts, is simple in construction and will not get out o order.

ln the ap ended drawings the container is illustrated or the use of alipstick but the same may be used for soap or any other suitablematerial that may be fed in Nid out of the container. "V in thedrawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through the container inthe closed position.

Figure 2 is a-horizontal section on line SJ- 2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical fragmentary section on line 3-3 Figure 1 when thelipstick is extended out of the casing for use.

Figure l is a cross-section on line l--4-4-4, Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a cross-section on line 5-5 Figure 1. p

1n the Figures 10 is a cosmetic carrier,

preferably in the shape of a tubular member,

the upper portion of which is made to tightly g engage the pencil typeof cosmetic 12. The carrier 10, preferably on its lower end is providedwith a pin 13 which extends through 1 the longitudinal slot 14C of anactuator 15, tubular in form, and in which the carrier with the cosmeticpencilis housed. rlhe slot 14 eX- tends substantiall through the entirelength of the actuator. llt has another short longitudinal slot 16 atthe upper end thereof which receives a pin 17 extending from the coveropener 18, also tubular in shape.

Interposed between the cover opener 18 and the actuator is a tubularmember 19 rovided with helical slots 20' and 21. The elical slot 2() isengaged by the pin 13 of the carrier and the helical slot 21 is enga dby the pin 17 of the cover opener. The elical slot 20 has a fullconvolution on the tubular member and extends from the lowermost pointof the actuator slot 14. The helical slot 21 has a quarter of aconvolution extending from the lowest part of the slot 16 of theactuator. The helical slot 21 at the upper end 55, of its quarter turnmerges into a circular slot 22 which extends through three-quarter ofthe circumference of the tubular member 19.

The actuator 15 is anchored to a head-23 by means of which it may berotated. 'T he head am is preferably recessed to accommodate thecarrier, member 19 and a s acer tube 24 secured to the member 19. hisspacer is in turn secured within an outer shell or case 26 which abutsat the lower end against the' es head 23; thus, the shell, the member 19and the spacer form a unit. The upper end of the case 26 extends thesame height as the upper end of the cover opener when the same is in aretracted osition. The actuator 15, at its *ge upper end, as a washer orcollar 25 which permits the actuator to revolve but prevents therelative longitudinal movement thereof in the case. -V

The up er end of the outer shell 26 is pro- Vg5 vided wit hinged covers27 which are normally maintained closed by springs 28. By rotating thehead 23 while holding the outer shell 26, the carrier 10 is forced bythe helical slot 2G to rise. Simultaneously, the cover s@ opener 18 .isalso forced to rise due to the enagement of its pin 17 with the slot ofthe helix 21, but after a. quarter of a revolution o the actuator, thecover opener will enter the circular slot and thereafter will not movelongitudinally while the carrier will continue to rise. through theother three-quarter revo-4 lutions or the actuator. 'See Figure 3 anddash and dot outline in Figure 1.

The first quarter revolution of the actuator o is suficient to open thecovers 27 and thus provide an unobstructed passage for the cos-- meticpencil secured to the carrier. In the drawings, the iitch ofthe helixes20 and 21 are identical ut do not have to bev such. When the pencil isto be retracted the carrier is revolved in the proper direction and forthe first three-quarter of a revolution of the carrier the only lontudinal movement is imparted to the carrier and for the last quarter lof the revolution, both thel carrier and the cover are movedlongitudinally and therefore the springs 28 of the covers are free tobring the covers to their normal closed'position.

. From the above, it will be seen that in our container, the outwardfeed of the material and the opening of the cover are concomitant, thecarrier and cover opener are both moved longitudinall for the firstquarter of their revolution. or the remaining part of their revolution,the only longitudinally movable art is the carrier, the cover openerremainin in its extended position until its pin 17 is rought back intothe engagement with its helical slot 21 on the retracting movement ofthe actuator.

We claim:

1. A container havin a cover, cover operating means, a carrier ormaterial movable to and from the cover, an actuator for revolvingsimultaneously the carrier and lcover operating means, and meansassociated with the container engaging the carrier and cover operatinmeans for imparting .a greater longitudinal movement to the carrier thanto the cover operating means when they are rotatedby the actuator.

2. A container having a cover, a cover openermounted to revolve and movelongitudinally, a carrier for material mounted to revolve and movelongitudinally to and from the cover opener, and means associated withthe container engaging the carrier and; cover opener to impartlongitudinal movement to bot-h the carrier and cover opener when theyare rotating, said means permitting a greater longitudinal displacementof the carrier than of tqhe cover opener. p

3. A container having a cover, a cover opener, a carrier for material,an actuator to move the carrier to and from the cover and means engagingthe actuator to the cover opener for operating the same at the initialmovement of the carrier to the cover and the end movement ofthe carrierfrom the cover.

4. A container having a spring cover normally maintained closed, acarrier for material mounted to move to and from the cover, a coveropener, a single actuator for the cover opener and `carrier and meanscoupling the' carrier and the cover opener to the actuator, so that thecover opener is operative at the bcginning of the lcarriers movement tothe cover and at the end of the carriers movement from the cover.

5. A container having a hinged cover, a carrier for material movable toand from the cover, a cover opener, an actuator revolubly mounted in thecontainer and engagin the carrier and cover opener and revolving oth, amember secured to the container having a full convolution helical slotengaged by the carrier, said member having also a quarter convolutionhelical slot mer 'ng into a three quarter circular slot engage by thecarrier,

' whereby a (greater longitudinal displacement is imparte to the carrierthan to the cover opener when both are revolved by the actuator.

volved, and means for revolving simultaneously said cover operatingmeans and carrier.

8. A container having a cover, revoluble cover operating means, arevoluble carrier for material, and means engaging the cover 0peratingmeans and carrier to impart thereto a longitudinal movement when theyare rotated, said means being arranged to impart a greater longitudinalmovement to the carrier than to the cover opener.

9. A container having a cover revoluble cover operating means, arevoluble carrier for material, and means engaging the cover operatingmeans and carrier to impart thereto a longitudinal movement when theyare rotated, said means being arranged to impart a greater longitudinalmovement to the carrier than to the cover opener, and an actuator forsimultaneous rotation of the cover operating means and carrier.

l0. A container having a Cover, cover op erating means, a carrier formaterial, helical means engaging the cover operating means and carrier,and means for rotating the -cover operating means and carrier wherebythe helical means impart a longitudinal movement to said cover operatingmeans and carrier, said helical means being arranged to impart a greaterlongitudinal movement to the carrier than to the cover operating means.

11. A container having a cover, cover operating means mounted to move ina helical path, a carrier for material also mounted to move in a helicalpath which is longer than the helical path of the cover operating means,and means for moving the cover operating means and carrier.

l2. A container having a cover, cover operating means mounted to move ina helical 13. A container having a cover, a carrier for material movableto and from the cover,

is revolved.

LUCFER J. MOST. RALPH W. SON.

